"We clean our houses, prepare for weddings and go to funerals" : daily lives of elderly Africans in Majaneng, South Africa

Bohman, Doris M.; Vasuthevan, Sharon; Van Wyk, Neltjie C.; Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa

dc.contributor.author	Bohman, Doris M.
dc.contributor.author	Vasuthevan, Sharon
dc.contributor.author	Van Wyk, Neltjie C.
dc.contributor.author	Ekman, Sirkka-Liisa
dc.date.accessioned	2008-01-17T11:53:03Z
dc.date.available	2008-01-17T11:53:03Z
dc.date.issued	2007-12
dc.description.abstract	This ethnographic study aims to identify and describe how a group of elderly African people in South Africa experience their daily life and related concerns and interests. Data were collected through group interviews involving 16 elderly persons and complementary field observations. The data were analysed using a qualitative content analysis. From the analysis following sub-themes emerged: 1. Lack of basic resources; 2. Routines in daily life; 3. Experience of unsafe conditions; 4. “The disease”—HIV/AIDS. The results have been discussed according to the following themes: keeping normality and changing society. The study illuminates the varied experiences in daily life, including lack of basic resources, experience of unsafe conditions, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic and its consequences for the elderly as contributors to the extended family.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The research and work on this manuscript was supported by grants from the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dorricha Peu, lecturer at the University of Pretoria, and of Alan Crozier for revising the English.	en
dc.format.extent	95751 bytes
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Bohman, DM, Vasuthevan, S, Van Wyk, NC & Ekman, S-L 2007, '"We clean our houses, prepare for weddings and go to funerals" : daily lives of elderly Africans in Majaneng, South Africa', Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, vol. 22, no.4, pp. 323-337. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/102929]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1573-0719
dc.identifier.other	10.1007/s10823-007-9040-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/4232
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.rights	Springer. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com	en
dc.subject	Activities of daily life	en
dc.subject	Changing society	en
dc.subject	Ethnography	en
dc.subject	Keeping normality	en
dc.subject	South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Ethnology -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Interpersonal relations and culture -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Social gerontology -- South Africa
dc.title	"We clean our houses, prepare for weddings and go to funerals" : daily lives of elderly Africans in Majaneng, South Africa	en
dc.type	Postprint Article	en